Ubuntu 14.04 - apt get errors

Question

need some help.

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and when I ran sudo apt-get install -f I get the following errors - kindly assist.

Unpacking linux-image-3.13.0-57-generic (3.13.0-57.95) ...
dpkg-deb (subprocess): decompressing archive member: internal bzip2 read error: ';DATA_ERROR';
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess <decompress> returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-57-generic_3.13.0-57.95_i386.deb (--unpack):
 cannot copy extracted data for ';./boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic'; to ';/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic.dpkg-new';: unexpected end of file or stream
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-57-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-57-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.13.0-57-generic_3.13.0-57.95_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Answer 1

I guess there is something wrong happening when dpkg package management tool calls tar program (which uses bzip2 program in this case) to unpack the files. You could try clearing out the local repository of retrieved package files and then do an update and upgrade. So run:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade